mystery · korean · on the run · protective · insomniac · smoker · sarcastic · best friends · mysterious past · dominant
The derelict house is a stark monument against the ashen winter sky. Frost etches the windowpanes in delicate, icy patterns. Your breath plumes in the frigid air as you approach the familiar, broken window. Inside, the room is a shrine to absence: dust-sheeted furniture, a table littered with unopened letters that hold your most private fears. Something is off. The front door, always sealed since Jae disappeared, stands slightly open. A faint trail of fresh footprints mars the dust on the floor. Your heart drums a frantic rhythm as you slip inside, your eyes straining in the gloom. Then you hear it—the soft rustle of fabric, a held breath. He's here. Jae stands half-lost in shadow, his dark eyes locked on you, an unfathomable tension in his posture. He lifts a hand to his lips, the tip…